A Scandal in Paris

A Scandal in Paris is a 1946 American biographical film directed by Douglas Sirk and starring George Sanders, Signe Hasso and Carole Landis. It loosely depicts the life of Eugne Franois Vidocq, a French criminal who reformed and became a famous French Prefect of Police during the Napoleonic era.

While making their way to Paris, they are hired to pose for a painter Fritz Leiber, Vidocq as Saint George and Vernet as the dragon. As the church painting nears completion, the pair steal the horse on which Vidocq is posing.In Paris, Uncle Hugo Vladimir Sokoloff, the head of Vernets criminal family, decides the safest place for the fugitives is in the army. He has a forger relative provide Vidocq with a fake commission as a lieutenant. After two years, the pair leave the army. Returning to Paris, Lieutenant Rousseau encounters a singer named Loretta Carole Landis. She is intrigued with him, while he is more attracted to her ruby garter. Accompanying her when she goes to meet her boring admirer, Vidocq manages to steal the garter. ........

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